West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-12-29
Chamber OF Commerce REPORT.

Tho Forthcoming report OF tho New York
Oh lmbcr of Commerce for tho fiscal year
ending Juno 80, 1887, will contain some In
tercsting statistics relative Co the leading
articles OF morchandiso imported into and
exported from New York and the United
States generally
The total value of leading articles OF mer-
chandiso cntcrcl at New York was S3lG T.lS,-
O2l, or moro than 40 per cent OF the total
values imported into tho country. At
all other ports in tho United States
the imports oggrcgatci Sl32,6l4,6O9.
value OF SB,01S,35i, whilc cotrco comes next
at u valuation OF Slh, 23l, ,S02 Tea amounted
SbiOae6S pounds imported at an average
valuation of about l0h cents per pound.
Out OF the $1,000 ,551 worth OF precious
stones, $9,b63, go were entered at this port
or the total value of minor and iniscel-
laneous articles OF merchandise, which
omomtol 20 $2l2,O5S, ,l3S, New York in
crcdited with SlA,biO,6l0, and OF the coin
and bullion, amounting 10 $50, l5O, 109, there
was entered ut this port Sii ,33S2lt Tho
total value of imports FOR the year Juno 80,
1856, 60 June 80, 1887, was $752, 400, 500 OF
which amount Si0I9S0,Si5 passed through
this port.
A glance at tho exports. OF domestic mer-
ChaudtSe for the same period shows that
tho total value for tn, whole country was
Sfah, 18, ,2di, and that sent out of New
York was S3lg g35IigS. over 81 per cont.
of the total values OF the breadstuifs aud
nearly Gb per cent. of tho provisions ex-
ported were from this port Included i'm tho
aggregate OF exports given above Is $92, 40,
Sac worth of domestic coin and bullion, Sl2,
5lb, ,l2i of which wcntthrough New York .
Tho total foreign commerce OF New York
for the year was SSl2, lli 72S, which was an
increase over that of 1856 OF 500 Oh Tl3
and there was an oNcoSs of foreign imports
over domestic exports at this port OF Si7S,-
5iD,A1. With the exception OF tho years
ending respectively Juno 80, 1855, 1884,
1883 and 1882 there has been every year for
the past 10 years an increase OF foreign Inn
ports over domestic exports, the largest being
in 1889, when the increase was S27S 1886 S3f ,
and the smallest that of 1879, whom IL was
S3iGO2l'
Generally the samc remark applies TO all
the ports OF tho United States, except that
in 1883, while there was decrease in
Now York Of 5,ig1i11, there was Ia tho
aggregate OF all the ports an Increase OF
Si02jS,3lO Tho year 1879 Is also n
noteworthy exception, for while there was
nn Increase OF foreign imports over domestic
exports OF S3I6,O O2l, there was i'm all ports OF
the United States decrease in the same line
OF $3.50, 40
OF the imports that were brought into Now
York, SG1GO', 80 worth wcro carried
on American vessels; $3.50, 1897 in
i'm bY cars aud other land vehicles or
tho domestic exports shipped, $iS. .S57, $50
went 10y home vessels and $3.50. 500, BIS by
tore gners. OF the total values, both imports
brought ia nnd foreign aud domestic exports
shipped ont for the whole country. American
vess Is carried SOD ,i1b,Ol7 worth cars and
land vehicles, SOL ,i5S9j} worth. Foreign
vessels carried 81 ,22O, z 6iS3. Tho totll
values Of imports, domestic and foreign ex-
ports shipped I'm the port OF New York dur
ing tho year was SSf9, il7, 123, and that of all
the ports IN tao United States, $l,5Ol, ,67l, 469